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So Many Voices: Forward on Climate
I was ecstatic; we filled the bus! Twenty-two people boarded in Gainesville and another thirty-three got on in Jacksonville; so many had traveled a long way to join us. It was 9pm…
Southeast River Runs Part 9: Coal Ash on the Tennessee River
This is the ninth blog in a series featuring rivers of the Southeast endangered by toxic coal ash pollution. The rest of the series can be found here. Thanks to David Whiteside,…
Is Another Nuclear Reactor in Trouble in Florida?
On March 3, 2014 Florida Power and Light (FPL) will bring the St. Lucie Unit 2 nuclear reactor near Fort Pierce, Florida down to perform a refueling of the radioactive fuel in…
Amazon Wind Farm in North Carolina
Recent advances in wind energy technology have made wind energy an economic and reliable source of power throughout the Southeast. The first coastal wind farm to be built in the Southeast, called…
Counterflow: The Devil Went Down to Georgia
This blog was originally posted here by Steve Huntoon at RTO Insider on January 22, 2018. An excerpt is below, published with permission. Steve Huntoon is a former president of the Energy Bar Association, with 30…
First Impressions of the LEAF
I wanted to share my first impression after driving the Nissan LEAF for the past couple of weeks. While it may be quixotic to think we can ever truly drive “guilt free,” the…
Going the Distance: Range Anxiety Overlooks the EV Sweet Spot
This blog by Rocky Mountain Institute's Editorial Director, Peter Bronski, originally appeared on the RMI Outlet, here. There’s a famous clip from the sitcom Seinfeld, where Kramer takes a car out for…
Congressman Crist and local elected officials take a spin in an EV at Driving on Sunshine electric vehicle roadshow event
This blog was written by Kelsey Grentzer, former Florida Communications Coordinator at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, in partnership with the City of St. Petersburg,…
EVERYONE Needs Access to Reliable Charging in order to Transition to Electric Transportation
A SACE staffer's personal experiences with an electric vehicle taught her that it is absolutely critical that utility and public investments center equity and make charging available for folks like her.